Song Publishing Question

[Sleddog72]

Hi,

After I add the final touches to my CD. I'm getting it professionally reproduced, it'll be just great. But here's the thing...I'm going to have 100 cd's with 7 songs on them and nowhere for them to go. haha. ooh...i should have thought this out. Any idea's on how to get my song's published, or at least listened too before they hit the garbage can or become coasters at some university students dorm? haha. jk...I'm having so much fun with all this. cheers, any help would be cool!

[VomitHatSteve]

Does it count as published as soon as you make it and begin offering it publicly?

If you want someone else to distribute it, you'll have to play shows and sell the CD yourself for a while until you've built up enough of a name that people are willing to look at you. You could try sending your music into some publishing companies, but they tend not to be fond of "unsolicited material" (Where they didn't ask you for it.) Especially as they get bigger.

[Sleddog72]

ah I get ya, actually I'm a songwriter more than a performer, although i do play in a band it's really more of an activity than anything really serious. But i do songwrite, it's one of my passions and hobbies. And I was hoping to get them to artists or thier publishers to see if they were willing to record them. sorry i should have stated that earlier.

[VomitHatSteve]

Ah! In that case, I really have no clue. I've never worked with songwriting without intent to perform.

[LfO]

I'm kind of in your boat - I have no desire to perform my main project live, so I'm trying to build an audience online. You can host music on myspace.com, music.download.com, and that kind of place.

I'm going to sell my CD (this is all future tense for me, as well) through CDbaby.com. It involves a one-time setup fee of $35, and you set the price of the CD (they keep $4 per CD, I think). Go to CDbaby.net if you want to investigate (.com is the retail side, .net is the artist side).

[Sleddog72]

ok cool, thanks bud!
yeah i don't have time to play live. I used to love playing live but man...i don't have rehearsal time. I mean to sound half decent, 3 times a week...and im in school and i cant even find time to surf porn anymore. haha jokin...plus it's reall frustrating sometimes playing in a band....i love creating songs, and wondering if any performing artist would recording my stuff or at least go " hey i like yer stuff, lets collaborate..."

cheers!

[Walter Abbott]

1st, Make sure you have filed the copyright(s) on your music, and you can copyright them all with one fee ...

2nd, DO NOT manufacture a CD or any thing else if you intend to be the artist performing your own work.

3rd, check out the site at songwritersradioservice.com and see if you want to test the waters of your product before making a pile of demos nobody will listen to. They may not be what you're looking for, but reading their info to find out can't hurt.

4th, Best of luck with your endeavors.

Walter Abbott

[Sleddog72]

hey thanks, i'll read that webpage. thats good info thanks man!

[jugalo180]

Originally Posted by Walter Abbott

1st, Make sure you have filed the copyright(s) on your music, and you can copyright them all with one fee ...

2nd, DO NOT manufacture a CD or any thing else if you intend to be the artist performing your own work.

3rd, check out the site at songwritersradioservice.com and see if you want to test the waters of your product before making a pile of demos nobody will listen to. They may not be what you're looking for, but reading their info to find out can't hurt.

4th, Best of luck with your endeavors.

Walter Abbott

can you elaborate more on 2nd, DO NOT manufacture a CD or any thing else if you intend to be the artist performing your own work.?